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How Decision-Making Can Inform Sustainable Development of the Expanding Oil Industry of Western Kazakhstan
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
This paper explores how decision-making under uncertainty can address opportunities, risks, and uncertainties for sustainable development; how decision theory, resilience thinking, and scenario planning approaches can ...
Winter Feeding Beef Cattle: A Review on Bale Grazing in the Northern Great Plains
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Bale grazing is a relatively unexplored winter feeding option for most beef cattle operations in the Northern Great Plains. Recently, several producers have been looking into using a bale grazing system for winter feeding ...
Soil Function Following Remediation Using Ex Situ Thermal Desorption
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Soils perform many functions essential to human and ecosystem health, and contamination by organic compounds diminishes the ability of the soil to perform those functions. One method for remediating contaminated soils is ...
Nitrogen Dynamics in Soils from the Red River Valley of the North
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of (i) N management on crop yield, N availability, and N losses from a silty clay having subsurface drainage, (ii) soil moisture and nitrification inhibitor nitrapyrin ...
Fertilizer Management Strategies of Soybean (Glycine Max, L. Merrill) in Northcentral and Northwestern North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) is a new cash crop for north central and northwestern North Dakota producers. Soils and climate in these new soybean areas differ from those regions where the current fertilizer recommendations ...
Geographic Distribution and Effects of Transgenic Corn Hybrids and Chemical Insecticides on Northern and Western Corn Rootworms (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Northern (Diabrotica barberi Smith & Lawrence) and western (D. virgifera virgifera LeConte) corn rootworms are major corn (Zea mays L.) pests in North America. Integrated pest management (IPM) strategies used for corn ...
Above and Belowground Effects of Nutrient Applications and Mowing Treatments on Restored North Dakota Grasslands
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Although more than half of the annual production within North American grasslands occurs beneath the soil surface, this portion is oftentimes overlooked in ecological studies. In this study, we investigated the above- and ...
Smooth Brome (Bromus Inermis) Phenology in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Smooth brome (Bromus inermis) invasion into tallgrass prairie has led to development of methods of control. Prescribed burning is used by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to manage prairie according to a provisional ...
Economic and Social Impacts of Rapid Shale Oil Development in Western North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
This dissertation comprises of five qualitative and exploratory studies. The studies focus
on the social and economic impacts of rapid shale oil development, which is colloquially referred
to as an “oil boom” on the ...
Advancing Soil Health: Linking Belowground Microbial Processes to Aboveground Land Management
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Advancing soil health lies at the intersection of belowground microbial processes and aboveground land management. However, linking microbial processes to land use is difficult. Understanding the response of soil microbes ...